Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 189 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 189 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 11:34 PM AKST (08:34 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 123 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-12 08:34:42 UTC
Depth
35.7 km (22.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.495° N, 164.866° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.4123 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.1102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.8172 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.994 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.1139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.8202 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.1132 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.9203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 3.5219 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.9203 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.2121 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 3.3227 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.6123 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.0226 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.6100 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.3199 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.8172 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.5163 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.5138 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.5126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.4127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.9134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.4125 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017jzf0cq (also filed as ak15112771). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.